On all of my previous cars and my other current cars, whenever I turn on the car and my tire pressure is low (mostly due to a nail in the tire), I immediately get a warning on the dash telling me so I don't drive on the flat tire. Then, I'm able to either fill up the tire with my air compressor and go to the tire shop and get it fixed, or just drive my other car that day and deal with it later.
On the Model 3, the TMPS doesn't give you any warning when you get into the car when a tire is low or flat, and the sensors won't give you a readout on the screen until you're already long gone from your house, at least a few miles away and already driving to your destination. Then it'll give you a low tire warning out of no where and you have to immediately stop what you're doing to address it. By then, it's a big waste of time to turn around to go back home to either fill up the tire and take it to a tire shop, or to swap out the car and drive my other one.
I realize you can visually look at your tires every time before getting into the car, but most people don't remember too do this. Plus, when you're running 20" wheels with low profile tires, a tire with very low air pressure doesn't stand out as much as it would on a taller sidewall tire, and can easily be overlooked unless you're really looking for it.
I've only owned the car for a couple of months and have put about 600 miles on it, so it's disappointing to already have a nail in one of my new tires. But I was more upset when I was driving to work in the morning, and I had to turn around and drive back home to swap out my car.... basically a good 20 min waste of time when I was on a schedule that morning. Had I known the tire had very low pressure before leaving my house, I would've just driven my other car that morning. Instead, I was late to work and missed half of an important meeting.
Am I missing something here, where there's a way the Model 3 can warn you before driving off with a flat or low air pressure tire? Just checking in case I run into this again, as I always get nails or screws in my tires when driving in LA.
Side note rant: Who makes a car these days with only one 12V outlet to use an air compressor? And, who doesn't put a 12V outlet in the trunk these days? My portable air compressor was stretching from the 12V outlet in the center console and barely reached my rear wheel to fill up. If there was a 12V outlet in the truck (like every other car I've owned or currently have), then it would be much easier to use my portable air compressor on my Model 3.
Maybe a side project will be to extend & wire up a 12V outlet into my trunk, and probably one in my frunk as well.
On the Model 3, the TMPS doesn't give you any warning when you get into the car when a tire is low or flat, and the sensors won't give you a readout on the screen until you're already long gone from your house, at least a few miles away and already driving to your destination. Then it'll give you a low tire warning out of no where and you have to immediately stop what you're doing to address it. By then, it's a big waste of time to turn around to go back home to either fill up the tire and take it to a tire shop, or to swap out the car and drive my other one.
I realize you can visually look at your tires every time before getting into the car, but most people don't remember too do this. Plus, when you're running 20" wheels with low profile tires, a tire with very low air pressure doesn't stand out as much as it would on a taller sidewall tire, and can easily be overlooked unless you're really looking for it.
I've only owned the car for a couple of months and have put about 600 miles on it, so it's disappointing to already have a nail in one of my new tires. But I was more upset when I was driving to work in the morning, and I had to turn around and drive back home to swap out my car.... basically a good 20 min waste of time when I was on a schedule that morning. Had I known the tire had very low pressure before leaving my house, I would've just driven my other car that morning. Instead, I was late to work and missed half of an important meeting.
Am I missing something here, where there's a way the Model 3 can warn you before driving off with a flat or low air pressure tire? Just checking in case I run into this again, as I always get nails or screws in my tires when driving in LA.
Side note rant: Who makes a car these days with only one 12V outlet to use an air compressor? And, who doesn't put a 12V outlet in the trunk these days? My portable air compressor was stretching from the 12V outlet in the center console and barely reached my rear wheel to fill up. If there was a 12V outlet in the truck (like every other car I've owned or currently have), then it would be much easier to use my portable air compressor on my Model 3.
Maybe a side project will be to extend & wire up a 12V outlet into my trunk, and probably one in my frunk as well.
